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Soldier – Hill, Ronald – Wounded in Burma

September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 9th 1944 Wounded in Burma L/Cpl. Ronald Hill (20), only son of Mr. and Mrs. Rob Hill of 27, Cromwell Road, Mexborough,...

Editorial – How Long?

2 September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 2nd 1944 How Long? Allied armies are now deploying on the battlefields of the last war.  Names rendered familiar by the swaying...

Footballer Signs

September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 2nd 1944 Footballer Signs Dick Woffinden, of Kilnhurst, the well-known local player, who was recently given his release by Barnsley F.C. has...

Soldier – Hinchliffe, Harry – Broadcasts with Army Service

August 1944
South Yorkshire Times, August 26th, 1944 Broadcasts with Army Service A Kilnhurst man is one of the members of the staff of the Army Broadcasting Service,...

Editorial – France Rises Again

26 August 1944
South Yorkshire Times, August 26th 1944 France Rises Again This is France’s great week. Everywhere the grip of the German tyrants is being loosened.  On all...

Editorial – Forcing the Pace

26 August 1944
South Yorkshire Times, August 26th 1944 Forcing the Pace Without much specific information being available about the new Allied attack in the South of France it...

Soldier – Peck S. – In Italy

August 1944
South Yorkshire Times, August 5th 1944 In Italy Gnr. S. Peck of 18, Greenwood Road, Kilnhurst, who is serving with the Eighth Army in Italy in...

Editorial – Allied Mastery

5 August 1944
South Yorkshire Times, August 5th 1944 Allied Mastery Despite the statement, cautiously qualified, that “victory may come soon” Mr. Churchill studiously preferred to record rather than...

Editorial – When Rogues Fall Out

29 July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 29th, 1944 When Rogues Fall Out Like a good defensive fighter the Nazis have covered up quickly after the staggering blow which...

Advert – Kilnhurst Co-op –

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 8 1944

South Yorkshire Welcomes London Evacuees

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 15th 1944 Billeting Arrangements Work Well South Yorkshire Welcomes London Evacuees Evacuees, mothers with small children and school children, have this week been...

Editorial – Careless Talk

22 July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 22nd, 1944 Careless Talk Careless talk, which has been the theme for many an official sermon, is not the monopoly of the...

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 22nd 1944 Marconigrams Brampton Hospital Gala on Saturday realised £230 for the Mexborough Montagu and Barnsley Beckett Hospitals. A speaker on “Re-organisation of...

Soldier – Blunn, Arthur – Wounded In Normandy

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 22nd, 1944 Wounded In Normandy Mrs. Blunn, of 43, Wheatley Road, Kilnhurst, has received a letter from her husband Bdr. Arthur Blunn,...

Kilnhurst and Mexborough Men’s “Clocking” Offence

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 15th 1944 Kilnhurst and Mexborough Men’s “Clocking” Offence Joseph Turton (30), saw operator, of 65, Springfield Road, Kilnhurst, and William T. Howitt,...

New Dearne Councillor is Youngest Member

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 15th, 1944 New Dearne Councillor Is Youngest Member The new member appointed at last week’s meeting of the Dearne Urban Council to succeed...

Editorial – Germany at Bay

15 July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 15th, 1944 Germany at Bay Caen, the Norman town in the streets of which British airborne troops were fighting on the night...

Editorial – Shadow of Defeat

1 July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 1st 1944 Shadow of Defeat With the fall of Cherbourg things really begin to look bad for the Germans.  Having got our...

Backing up Second Front – Record Output at Kilnhurst Works

July 1944
South Yorkshire Timmes, July 1st 1944 Members Of The First Unit Of Women Forge Workers At The Kilnhurst Works Of Baker And Bessemer Ltd. Three years...

Editorial – Frozen War

6 January 1940
South Yorkshire Times, January 6th 1940 Frozen War Our war is still frozen, and shows little sign at present of thawing. Here do we see...

Soldier – Mahon, Cecil – Died Of Wounds

June 1944
South Yorkshire Times, June 24th, 1944 Died Of Wounds L/Bdr. Cecil Machon (26), Royal Artillery (Field) eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Machon, 70,...

Editorial – Secret Weapons

24 June 1944
South Yorkshire Times, June 24, 1944 Secret Weapons Reprisals for allied bombing attacks on Germany have been long promised. This was one of the hopes used...

Baker & Bessemer Director

June 1944
South Yorkshire Times, June 17th, 1944 Mr. S. E. Baker (Swinton) Mr. Sidney Ernest Baker, a director of the firm of Messrs. Baker and Bessemer Ltd.,...

Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List

June 1944
South Yorkshire Times, June 10th, 1944 Montagu Hospital The Week’s Casualty List Wednesday John Gallaghan, 13, Temperance Terrace, Swinton, injured finger; W. Morris, Braithwell Road, Raven field Common,...

Editorial – Planning for Work

3 June 1944
South Yorkshire Times, June 3rd, 1944 Planning for Work Though there is a negative quality about the Government’s White Paper on post-war employment, in that it...